Let My People Go - The Ten Commandments (1/10) Movie CLIP (1956) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Moses (Charlton Heston) goes to the court of the Pharaoh (Yul Brynner) demanding he let his people go. Moses turns his sceptre into a serpent, which swallows the serpents of the Pharaoh.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Based on the Holy Scriptures, with additional dialogue by several other hands, The Ten Commandments was the last film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The story relates the life of Moses, from the time he was discovered in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoah's daughter, to his long, hard struggle to free the Hebrews from their slavery at the hands of the Egyptians. Moses (Charlton Heston) starts out "in solid" as Pharoah's adopted son (and a whiz at designing pyramids, dispensing such construction-site advice as "Blood makes poor mortar"), but when he discovers his true Hebrew heritage, he attempts to make life easier for his people. Banished by his jealous half-brother Rameses (Yul Brynner), Moses returns fully bearded to Pharoah's court, warning that he's had a message from God and that the Egyptians had better free the Hebrews post-haste if they know what's good for them. Only after the Deadly Plagues have decimated Egypt does Rameses give in. As the Hebrews reach the Red Sea, they discover that Rameses has gone back on his word and plans to have them all killed. But Moses rescues his people with a little Divine legerdemain by parting the Seas. Later, Moses is again confronted by God on Mt. Sinai, who delivers unto him the Ten Commandments. Meanwhile, the Hebrews, led by the duplicitous Dathan (Edward G. Robinson), are forgetting their religion and behaving like libertines. "Where's your Moses now?" brays Dathan in the manner of a Lower East Side gangster. He soon finds out. DeMille's The Ten Commandments may not be the most subtle and sophisticated entertainment ever concocted, but it tells its story with a clarity and vitality that few Biblical scholars have ever been able to duplicate. It is very likely the most eventful 219 minutes ever recorded to film--and who's to say that Nefertiri (Anne Baxter) didn't make speeches like, "Oh, Moses, Moses, you splendid, stubborn, adorable fool"?

CREDITS:
TM & © Paramount (1956)
Cast: Yul Brynner, Charlton Heston, Eugene Martin, Anne Baxter
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Producers: Cecil B. DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon
Screenwriters: Dorothy Clarke Wilson, J.H. Ingraham, A.E. Southon, Æneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky Jr, Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank

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[dennismolina]

This movie was way ahead of its time in 1956! Such a great Biblical movie! 👍

[purposetv]

The most powerful movie ever made on the planet.It’s legendary.1956 and still looks just like yesterday.Great masterpiece

[Jolene]

One of the best films ever made. Been watching it with my family for years.

[rumblingprune]

For a film that came out 1956 the effects were really incredible.

[echossrabbit]

This film is still well preserved. Thanks to the people who preserved this wonder movie. A great master piece!

[xinyisallypeng]

i love moses's line in this part: a man should be ruled by the law, not by the will of the other men!

[ChromeBone]

R.I.P. to all the actors in this film who have passed away in real life. This is one of the best films in cinematic history.

[curtisharrell]

This old movie is still a special effects juggernaut, years ahead of other movies of its time. Even the effects that they could not achieve on screen (like Moses's cobra swallowing the others) is convincingly conveyed by the other actors' reactions, which are all the more impressive simply because they are, in essence, 'reacting' to something they could not even see, during filming.

[orlandorivera]

This movie is one of the best ten commandments movies ever and came out in 1954.

[zeldasmith]

The special effects were astounding.
I was amazed when I first saw the movie in Dallas and the movie is still an amazing melodrama.

[TKDragon]

That snake staff was a pretty good effect for it's time.

[KNGFWLV]

I'm not even religious and this movie was a masterpiece! For a movie made in 1956 it had some damn good effects

[Jolene]

Great story telling both verbally and visually. A masterpiece.

[maltedmilk]

Yul Brenner always had this mesmerizing quality in all of his movie roles

[maxwellbernard]

Charlton Heston was a great actor, charisma and a genuine personality .
May his soul rest in peace

[zuriel_nyamutsaka]

High five to the costume design team, they did a PHENOMENAL job.

[PopcornAnny]

"who is this god that I should let your people go?"
"Aaron, cast down my staff before Pharoah that he may see the power of God."
"in this, you shall know that the Lord is God"
AMAZING.

[issacandteme]

i like it when moses picks up the snake and turn it back to a stick

[laguanataylor]

Charleton Heston looks so convincing in his role as Moses, he should've won an Academy Award for this role!

[alienlatino]

Wow the special effects for a movie from 1956 is just mind-boggling, imagine being in the theater seeing this in a huge screen, a special effect you have never seen before.